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Transforming Manufacturing with PLM Tools

January 22, 2021
With product lifecycle management (PLM) software, manufacturers wield powerful tools to manage the massive transformations buffeting their industries.
Pat Waurzyniak
By Patrick Waurzyniak Contributing Editor, SME Media
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Model-Based Definition in the Tiers

January 25, 2021
Can small and medium-sized manufacturers, Tier 2 or Tier 3 guys, use all-digital descriptions of part orders, dispensing with paper specifications and supplemental drawings to efficiently deliver parts?
Bruce Morey
By Bruce Morey Senior Technical Editor, SME Media
Companies are Building a Future in Florida

Companies are Building a Future in Florida

January 25, 2021
Thanks in part to its pro-business policies, strong workforce, and trade infrastructure, Florida ranks among the nation’s top 10 states for manufacturing.
By Enterprise Florida Sponsored Content
Manufacturing Equipment Market to Recover After The Collapse Of 2020

Machine Tool Orders for Fourth Quarter 2020 Still on the Decrease

January 25, 2021
On an annual basis, machine tool orders dropped by 18.6% in 2020 versus 2019.
By Italian Trade Agency Press Release
Future Trends for Manufacturing

Future Trends for Manufacturing

January 25, 2021
The trials and tribulations of 2020 have given manufacturers a moment of clarity, a vice president of IFS says in a commentary.
Colin Elkins IFS, VP, Manufacturing
By Colin Elkins VP, Manufacturing, IFS

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Our January issue focuses on Advanced Machining, and three features target this topic: “Simplifying—and Moving Beyond—Five-Axis Machining,” explores how five-axis machining, once a novel and somewhat forbidding technology, has become routine in many shops. Our second feature, “Cutting Superalloy Challenges Down to Size,” explores how new practices and products can make it easier to machine formidable heat-resistant superalloys (HRSA). And even time-honored turning, one of the oldest machining operations, is changing fast. In “Turning Inserts Face New Challenges,” we examine how advancements in materials, machines, and processes are expanding the range of turning applications.

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The December 2020 issue of Smart Manufacturing leads off with a riveting story about investigators working to crush barriers to the automation route. It is an important read—because the industry needs integration, simulation and analysis to get to smart manufacturing, and the historic use of proprietary software by the makers of machine tools, robots, conveyors and the like is a big obstacle. We also look at a “rebalancing” at LIFT, a Manufacturing USA institute. And we report on The Best of SMX virtual event, which included a panel discussion on innovative ways to keep a grip on resiliency and agility with regard to the supply chain during the COVID-19 pandemic.

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